Title II, Chapter I, Article 8 · Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1932

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Article 8National control programmes and benchmarks for control and inspection of weighing#

1.Member States shall ensure that their national control programmes established pursuant to Article 93a of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 include dedicated measures for the control and inspection of the rules set out in this Chapter and in Annexes I to VI to this Regulation.

2.The measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall at least provide for unannounced inspections covering no less than 5 % of all quantities landed and 3 % of all landings, in the inspecting Member State, per calendar year, taking into account any control and inspection measures for weighing set out in a specific control and inspection programme adopted in accordance with Article 95 of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009.

3.The targets of the unannounced inspections referred to in paragraph 2 shall be identified on the basis of a risk assessment, taking into consideration at least the following factors, where applicable:

(a)the high number and volume of landings of fishery products, whether weighed on board, at landing, or after transport;

(b)the number of infringements by masters, authorised weighing operators, and transporters;

(c)the low number and type of transport controls carried out in the Member States of landing, transit and destination;

(d)the availability of quota for the fishing vessels making landings that are weighed on board, at landing or after transport;

(e)the non-use of standardized boxes or containers by the vessels from which the fishery products originate;

(f)fluctuation in market price levels for the landed fisheries products;

(g)loading or unloading at multiple pick-up locations or drop-off for fishery products weighed after transport under Article 60(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;

(h)the non-use of seals or other means to prevent the risk of cargo manipulation;

(i)the risk of non-compliance with any conditions for the use of the applicable water and ice deduction;

(j)the risk of non-compliance with the conditions for the use of derogations approved under Article 60(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009; and

(k)non-submission, late submission, or misreporting of the landing declarations, weighing records, and transport documents.

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authorised weighing operator
means an operator responsible for the weighing of fishery products, as referred to in Article 60(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009;
Member State of landing
means the coastal Member State where the fishery products are landed, including where they are unloaded into a transport unit;
Member State of weighing
means the Member State where the fishery products are weighed.
packaging
means an item used for the containment, protection, handling, delivery or presentation of standardised boxes, which can be differentiated by packaging format based on its function, material and design, including cardboard, plastic, and strapping material;
presentation
means the form into which the fish is processed while on board of the fishing vessel and prior to landing, as described in Table 1 of Annex I to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2196;
standardised boxes
means two or more receptacles of uniform type, capacity, size, and, where used, packaging, containing fishery products of a single species, with the same presentation, and originating from the same relevant geographical area;
standardised containers
means two or more units of uniform type, capacity and size, containing unsorted fishery products, with the same presentation, and originating from the same relevant geographical area;
standardised pallets
means two or more pallets of uniform type and size, loaded with a predefined and uniform number of standardised boxes with identical packaging;
transport unit
means any vehicle, which may carry tanks, boxes or containers, used for the transportation of fishery products;
weighing facility
means a facility equipped for weighing, including the sample weighing, of fishery products;